This is according to Sanral’s Origin Sengwane, who is the project manager of the 30km road from Gavaza village to Tzaneen up to the Sasol filling station across from Ben Vorster High School.
“Community interruptions were a big problem. We experienced community strikes and stoppages, even now the situation is still very fragile.

“Keeping our work force safe in dermacated areas also proved to be a daunting task with road users ignoring our best efforts to regulate traffic at construction areas,” he said.
He said that the lack of patience from the public at the stop-and-go’s hampered their work drastically.
His team had to adjust working hours in order to keep their personnel safe resulting in daily production losses.

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The project started in June this year and was scheduled to be finished by December this year.
“We are almost finish with the final road surfacing and are left with some ancillary work next year.”
The project has in total employed 102 locals including, 89 general labourers, 15 skilled workers and two people living with disabilities.

Two small, medium and micro enterprises, five subcontractors and 14 construction subcontractors were contracted.
Sanral has allocated a hefty amount of money towards the upgrade of the road.
Roadmac Surfacing is the principal contractor and their primary function is to double seal the road.